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Second quake hits near sland of Rhodes  Map of Rhodes Greece Greece: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck at 02:52 a.m. and had an epicenter beneath the seabed south of Rhodes
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| Jul. 4 |
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13 feared dead as canoes run over dam Slovenia: Divers pulled 7 bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents to search for 5 other missing people
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| Jun.9 |
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Greece warned of earthquake aftershock Seismologists warned that a strong aftershock was expected a day after a powerful earthquake killed two people and injured nearly 150
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| Jun.8 |
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Deadly quake traps residents Greece: A strong earthquake jolted western Greece, killing at least two people and trapping several people beneath collapsed buildings
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| Mar.15 |
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4 dead, 170 injured in blast  Map of Tirana Albania Albania: A massive explosion at an army ammunition dump near Tirana killed at least 4 people and injured more than 170, including many children
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| Sep.27 |
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Forests recovery 'to take decades'. Greece
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| Sep.3 |
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Greece faces flood threat
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| Aug.29 |
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Fire victims queue for cash. Greece
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| Aug.28 |
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Foreign firefighters aid Greece
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| Aug.27 |
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MPs row over fire response Greece: Opposition MPs have attacked the government's response to the devastating forest fires, which have claimed at least 63 lives
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| Aug.26 |
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Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle Greece: The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
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| Aug.25 |
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63 died from forest fires Greece: The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
| Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese
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| Aug.24 |
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Fires kill 27 in southern Greece At least 15 people have been killed on the deadliest day of wildfires this year. At least 9 people have burned to death in their cars
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Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers
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| Aug.16 |
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Forest fire grips Athens suburbs. Greece
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| Aug.5 |
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Dubrovnik menaced by major fire Croatia: A state of emergency has been declared in the city, whose suburbs are threatened by a major forest fire
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| Jul.26 |
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  Raging fires add to heat wave woes Greece: Southern Europe is sweltering under the major heat wave as firefighters battle blazes raging in Greece, Italy and Macedonia
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| Apr.7 |
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Officers charged in cruise ship sinking. Greece
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| Apr.5 |
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1,200 rescued from cruise ship| Greece: A ship carrying 1,200 passengers and a crew of 400 was being evacuated off the island of Santorini after issuing a distress signal | |
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| May.23 |
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Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash Greece: The pilot of a Turkish fighter jet was rescued, after colliding with a Greek F-16 following a mock dogfight
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| Apr.26 |
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Romania struggles to shelter flood victims More than 15,000 who fled areas flooded by Danube are crowded into tents and faced with food supplies
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| Apr.20 |
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Heavy rains lash Danube flood zone. Bulgaria
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| Apr.17 |
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Battle record flood levels
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| Apr.16 |
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Four die in train crash Greece: 40 more were hurt, when a passenger train collided with a truck and derailed near the northern city of Drama
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| Apr.15 |
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Swollen Danube threatens Balkans Serbia: A state of emergency has been declared in 10 regions of Serbia; waters of the Danube flooded Smederevo
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Danube at highest in more than a century Romania: The breaching of a dam eased pressure on towns and villages struggling to hold back the floods
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69 dead as ferry capsizes
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| Feb.16 |
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Slovenia latest to detect bird flu
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| Feb.11 |
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 Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe  Italy: The deadly H5N1 strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece | | |
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| Jan.23 |
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41 dead in train crash. Montenegro
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| Oct.16 |
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Romania works to contain bird flu strain
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| Oct.15 |
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Romania has deadly bird flu virus The deadly H5N1 strain that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Aug.24 |
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Floods cause havoc across Europe| Romania: Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland | |
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| Aug.14 |
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 Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead| Greece: Air traffic controllers lost contact while Boeing 737 was approaching Athens | |
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| Sep.11 |
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  Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Greece: Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
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| Aug.12 |
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Stars hurt in crash. Greece
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| Feb.26 |
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President Trajkovski killed in plane crash Macedonia: There were no survivors among Trajkovski, 6 of his aides and the 2 pilots
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| Jan.10 |
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21 die as boat sinks. Albania
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| Jun.10 |
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Macedonians flee as rebels advance
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| Mar.16 |
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Refugees flee Macedonia clashes
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| 2007 |
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| Sep.3 |
Greece faces flood threat
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| Apr.26 |
Romania struggles to shelter flood victims More than 15,000 who fled areas flooded by Danube are crowded into tents and faced with food supplies
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| Apr.20 |
Heavy rains lash Danube flood zone. Bulgaria
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| Apr.17 |
Battle record flood levels
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| Apr.15 |
Swollen Danube threatens Balkans Serbia: A state of emergency has been declared in 10 regions of Serbia; waters of the Danube flooded Smederevo
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| Apr.15 |
Danube at highest in more than a century Romania: The breaching of a dam eased pressure on towns and villages struggling to hold back the floods
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| Aug.24 |
Floods cause havoc across Europe| Romania: Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland | |
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| 2007 |
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| Sep.27 |
Forests recovery 'to take decades'. Greece
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| Aug.29 |
Fire victims queue for cash. Greece
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| Aug.28 |
Foreign firefighters aid Greece
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| Aug.27 |
MPs row over fire response Greece: Opposition MPs have attacked the government's response to the devastating forest fires, which have claimed at least 63 lives
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| Aug.26 |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle Greece: The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
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| Aug.25 |
63 died from forest fires Greece: The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
| Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese
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| Aug.24 |
Fires kill 27 in southern Greece At least 15 people have been killed on the deadliest day of wildfires this year. At least 9 people have burned to death in their cars
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| Aug.16 |
Forest fire grips Athens suburbs. Greece
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| Aug.5 |
Dubrovnik menaced by major fire Croatia: A state of emergency has been declared in the city, whose suburbs are threatened by a major forest fire
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| Jul.26 |
Raging fires add to heat wave woes Greece: Southern Europe is sweltering under the major heat wave as firefighters battle blazes raging in Greece, Italy and Macedonia
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| 2006 |
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| May.23 |
Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash Greece: The pilot of a Turkish fighter jet was rescued, after colliding with a Greek F-16 following a mock dogfight
| 2005 |
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| Aug.14 |
Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead| Greece: Air traffic controllers lost contact while Boeing 737 was approaching Athens | |
| 2004 |
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| Sep.11 |
Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Greece: Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among feared killed off northern Greece
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| Feb.26 |
President Trajkovski killed in plane crash Macedonia: There were no survivors among Trajkovski, 6 of his aides and the 2 pilots
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| 2008 |
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| Jul. 16 |
Second quake hits near sland of Rhodes Map of Rhodes Greece Greece: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck at 02:52 a.m. and had an epicenter beneath the seabed south of Rhodes
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| Jun.9 |
Greece warned of earthquake aftershock Seismologists warned that a strong aftershock was expected a day after a powerful earthquake killed two people and injured nearly 150
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| Jun.8 |
Deadly quake traps residents Greece: A strong earthquake jolted western Greece, killing at least two people and trapping several people beneath collapsed buildings
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| 2001 |
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| Jun.10 |
Macedonians flee as rebels advance
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| Mar.16 |
Refugees flee Macedonia clashes
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| 2004 |
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| Aug.12 |
Stars hurt in crash. Greece
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| 2006 |
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| Apr.16 |
Four die in train crash Greece: 40 more were hurt, when a passenger train collided with a truck and derailed near the northern city of Drama
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| Jan.23 |
41 dead in train crash. Montenegro
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.16 |
Slovenia latest to detect bird flu
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| Feb.11 |
Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe| Italy: The deadly H5N1 strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece | | |
| 2005 |
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| Oct.16 |
Romania works to contain bird flu strain
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| Oct.15 |
Romania has deadly bird flu virus The deadly H5N1 strain that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe
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| 2007 |
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| Apr.7 |
Officers charged in cruise ship sinking. Greece
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| Apr.5 |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship| Greece: A ship carrying 1,200 passengers and a crew of 400 was being evacuated off the island of Santorini after issuing a distress signal | |
| 2004 |
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| Jan.10 |
21 die as boat sinks. Albania
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| 2008 |
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| Mar.15 |
4 dead, 170 injured in blast Map of Tirana Albania Albania: A massive explosion at an army ammunition dump near Tirana killed at least 4 people and injured more than 170, including many children
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